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Xitsonga (Tsonga)
General information
Name: Xitsonga
English name: Tsonga
Population: 1,992,207
ISO code: tso,ts
Spoken in the following countries: South Africa (Official)
English name: Tsonga
Population: 1,992,207
ISO code: tso,ts
Spoken in the following countries: South Africa (Official)
Overview
Xitsonga is one of the official languages of South Africa. There are 1,992,207 (4.44 %) first language speakers [2001 census data].
Geographical distribution
A map showing the geographical distribution of the Xitsonga speaking people.
Translation services
- Web-lingo South African based online translation service offering general and technical translations, development of multilingual websites, and software localisation services.
- Folio Translation Consultants "specialising in African, major European and Asian languages".
- Jako Olivier Language Services "For fast, reliable and quality translations between English and: Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho (Sepedi), Otjiherero, Sesotho, Shona, Swahili, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu."
- Asterisks.com Editing and Translation Services Online. Specializing in the 11 official languages of South Africa.
- Lingua Consultants specialize in the medical, pharmaceutical and chemical fields in European and African languages.
- Multilingua Translation and Interpretation Services
Radio stations
Links
Projectshttp://www.translate.org.za/
A non-profit organization translating various OpenSource software packages such as OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla web browser into all official South African languages. They have released isiZulu, Sesotho sa Leboa and Afrikaans versions of OpenOffice.